Hydrogeology Research Projectpart of Cutting Edge:Hydrogeology:Hydrogeology, Soils, Geochemistry 2013:ActivitiesTara Kulkarni, Norwich University This activity is for students to work in teams (2012) or individually (2013) to develop a project (such as a physical or numerical model), survey based research, case study, technical briefs on a remediation ...

The Costs of Your Commute: Your Money, Your Time, and the Earthpart of SISL:2012 Sustainability in Math Workshop:ActivitiesCharlie Buehrle This activity has students investigate their own cost, CO2 output, and time for commuting. They then compare their commute to an environmentally conscious alternative by using comparable metrics.

Looking for Gas Layers in Anadarko Basin, Oklahomapart of Cutting Edge:Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics ActivitiesConstantin Cranganu, CUNY Brooklyn College The students perform a well log analysis in order to discover gas-bearing layers in a sedimentary basin (Anadarko)

Power Generation Town Councilpart of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collectionThane Lewis This activity is an opportunity for students to explore civil government and to present what they have learned about electric power generation in a persuasive manner

Environmental Footprintpart of Quantitative Skills:Activity CollectionChristina Gallup, University of Minnesota-Duluth This activity has students do a web-based environmental footprint quiz and integrate their results into a class mean. The students compare their results by creating a bar graph and do some simple calculations to see how much of the Earth just the population of the US requires.

Environment and the Earth Classpart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Service Learning:ExamplesCompiled by Suzanne Savanick, Science Education Resource Center. Based on Bixby et al. (2003), Ecology on Campus: Service Learning in Introductory Environmental Courses, Journal of College Science Teaching, v. 32, n.5, o, 327-331. The Environment and the Earth class at the University of South Carolina participated in a campus environmental service-learning project where students collected data lighting, water fixtures, recycling bins, and trash in five academic buildings.

Virtual Oil Well Gamepart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Games:ExamplesRebecca Teed, Wright State University-Main Campus This strategy game has players prospect for oil using seismic profiles on limited budgets. -

Question of the Day: ANWR Drilling Policypart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Interactive Lectures:Question of the Day ANWR Drilling Policy Debate (Acrobat (PDF) 118kB Jun16 04) Activity Sheet and Reading The author's calculations yield the following: An average US car mileage increase of five miles per gallon would reduce oil ...

Calibrate Peer ReviewTM: Petroleum Geology of the Persian Gulf Regionpart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Peer Review:ExamplesElizabeth Heise, University of Texas at Brownsville, The Students explore the origin and distribution of oil and gas in a region of global significance, the Middle East, including the geologic history and the socio-political and environmental issues associated with ...

The Lifestyle Project at Malaspina University-College, British Columbiapart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Experience-Based Environmental ProjectsSteven Earle, Geology Department, Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, BC, Canada The project is used in two courses, both with the theme of understanding the environmental implications of our use of energy, exploring personal energy use, and learning about the types of energy available to Canadians. One is a face-to-face course for Education majors, the other is an on-line course available to all upper-level (3rd and 4th year) students.

The Lifestyle Project at the University of North Dakotapart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Experience-Based Environmental Projects I use the Lifestyle Project in my Introduction to Environmental Issues class. This 3-week project asks students to make changes to their everyday environmental habits. This helps students realize that they have control of their lives and they can make decisions and make changes if they want to. And, given this empowerment, students can think about their impacts on Earth and their obligations to the planet and our society.

The Lifestyle Project at the University of Redlandspart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Experience-Based Environmental ProjectsChris Sinton, Ithaca College This three-week project begins with a measurement of "baseline" consumptive behavior followed by two weeks of working to reduce the use of water, energy, high-impact foods, and other materials. The ...

Energy and the Poor - Black Carbon in Developing Nationspart of Cutting Edge:Energy:Energy ActivitiesAnne Hall, Emory University In this activity, students will explore impacts of the use of wood, dung and charcoal in developing countries for fuel, producing black carbon. In-class discussion will generate a list of several broad topics, ...

The Lifestyle Project at West Chester University of Pennsylvaniapart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Experience-Based Environmental ProjectsTim Lutz, West Chester University of Pennsylvania This five-week project asks students to examine the environmental outcomes of their lifestyle choices, to investigate and try out more sustainable choices, and to write about their experiences.

The Lifestyle Projectpart of Cutting Edge:Public Policy:ActivitiesKarin Kirk, Carleton College This three-week project challenges students to learn about environmental alternatives by modifying their own lifestyles. Throughout the project, students reduce their impacts on the environment by changing the way ...

Energy Policypart of Cutting Edge:Public Policy:ActivitiesMichael Phillips, Illinois Valley Community College Students research and make recommendations regarding the petroleum energy policy of the U.S. with respect to other countries.

An Experiential Pedagogy for Sustainability Ethics: The Externalities Gamepart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Games:ExamplesSusan Spierre, Arizona state university The Externalities Game is a non-cooperative game that teaches students about the concept of environmental externalities and allows them to directly experience the moral dimensions of collective action problems. It ...